They're back? Indeed. Creator Mike Judge, who also voices both Beavis and Butt-head, has written 30 new episodes to be aired this summer on MTV, 14 years after their original programme came to an end.

And who's excited about this? Canadian teen popster Justin Bieber, of course. Inexplicably, given he was just three years old when the show ended. After hearing the news last week, he tweeted: "Played hoops and went to the MTV Upfronts . . . Beavis and Butt-Head are coming back!!!"

So what did they do 14 years ago that was so exciting? They spent most of their time watching telly and mocking music videos!!!

Sounds uninspiring. It was!!! They were cruel, nihilistic and disturbed. Butt-Head, the brown-haired one, was an unshakably confident bully, while blond-haired Beavis was an excitable simpleton, with a tendency to drink too much caffeine and revert to his yelling alter-ego The Great Cornholio.

And that was comedy gold? It was, and a worldwide hit to boot. The pair helped pave the way for comedies such as Family Guy and South Park, and even Peepshow and Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe owe a debt to the idea.

So, to clarify, they're two guys who sit around critiquing stuff? Yeah.

And there's one stupid one and one slightly less stupid one? Basically.

And there's two of them but it's just a writer talking to himself? Uh-huh.

And they were created in the early 1990s and then cancelled? Yep.

But now they've been brought back? That's right.

Whoa. Dude, what?

That, like, really reminds me of something. Reminds you of what?

Uhhhh . . . I don't know. You suck, butt-munch.

Dumb-ass. Butt-knocker.

Heh-heh-heh. Huh-huh-huh.

We're there, dude. We're so cool.

Do say: "I am The Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!"

Don't say: "Oh, I get it now, you're saying that's very similar to the concept and history of Pass notes itself."

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